A group of five women are putting a Detroit spin on an international recipe for vodka.

Our/Detroit is to open at the end of the summer in Southwest Detroit as part of a global network of vodka distilleries called Our/Vodka. Our/Vodka is produced in urban microdistilleries around the world and branded with the city name – hence, Our/Detroit.

Wine and spirits distributor Pernod Ricard came to Detroit last summer in search of entrepreneurs to launch its first U.S. distillery. The company found its team in distillery manager JeanMarie Morrish, sales director Lynne Savino and three local partners, Kate Bordine, Sara Aldridge and Brandi Keeler.

All five women have helped in the construction of the microdistillery, located at 2545 Bagley St. in Detroit. The former Bagley Billiard Center building was most recently Bagley Food Center, which closed in early 2000.

Our/Vodka was started by six entrepreneurs in Stockholm, Sweden, in 2011. Two years later, the first distillery-city partnership, Our/Berlin, opened.

The team

When Pernod Ricard representatives came to Detroit to scout for entrepreneurs, they ended up at Ponyride, a Corktown co-working space, where they met Bordine, Ponyride’s executive director. Bordine traveled to Berlin, where she met the local partners and saw the pilot project in action.

“I just fell in love with the project, how creative and fun and innovative it was – taking a global company and giving it local roots,” she said.

Bordine, 32, eventually connected with the other women, who worked out their roles in building Our/Detroit.

Aldridge, 34, previously worked at Mercury Burger Bar in Corktown as well as for Greening of Detroit, a nonprofit dedicated to helping communities with tree-planting projects, environmental education and urban agriculture. At Our/Detroit, she will manage events and the bar and will work with local horticulturists to find local ingredients.

Keeler, 25, works at United Way for Southeastern Michigan as a visual content specialist, and will manage branding and marketing for Our/Detroit.

Morrish, 24, worked in research and development until taking on the role of distillery manager.

Savino, who worked in sales for a specialty food and wine company, will manage sales.

The product/process

Pernod Ricard provides funds the distillery buildout and provides the recipe for each city; the local partners are in charge of production, sales and marketing.

Bordine said the Our/Vodka recipe is universal, but it will taste a little different in every city, because ingredients are locally sourced.

Pernod Ricard’s investment in Our/Detroit is around $600,000, the team said. This includes the construction, design and repurposing of the building. Bordine said the investment works like a private loan, as Pernod Ricard will share in the profits of each microdistillery.

Customers can try Our/Detroit vodka in its 40-person tasting room; the microdistillery will also be open for tours during the week.

Our/Detroit vodka will retail for $16.99 a pint.

Morrish said the goal is to make 200 gallons – 1,600 bottles – of vodka a week. The team plans to start testing Our/Detroit’s first batches the second week of June.